Ira Yoffe

Ira Yoffe

Principal/ Chief Creative Officer at Brand 2 Creative

Princeton, New Jersey, United States
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Ira Yoffe is a senior executive with extensive experience in brand building, marketing, graphic design and publishing as well as special events and multi-media.

Ira spent much of his career at PARADE magazine, as its Vice President/ Creative Director, a key position in which he led the creative efforts in all areas of the company’s business. During his tenure at the magazine, readership grew to 80 million, making Parade the world’s largest circulation magazine. Ira is credited with guiding the creative direction of all Parade’s editorial products, as well as its award-winning in-house advertising agency, which provided marketing and branding support to the magazine and its hundreds of national advertising and newspaper clients. Prior to joining PARADE, Ira worked for Times Mirror Magazines and the Boston Herald-American

In 2012, Ira joined The HealthWorks Group as its COO and Chief Creative Officer. By early 2014, the company's rapid growth in its creative areas began attracting the attention of clients outside of the healthcare sector—inspiring the expansion of the company’s outreach to clients beyond the healthcare sector.

In 2015, Yoffe formed Brand 2 Creative. The new company offers world class marketing, branding web development, graphic design, social media marketing, event management and exhibition design services to its diverse client base.

During his career, Ira has been honored with over 350 awards for his creative work by many national and international organizations. Additionally, he is the recipient of the prestigious 1995 Distinguished Alumni Award in Visual Arts from Boston University, where he earned a bachelor of fine arts degree in 1978.

Ira has proudly served on several boards during his career, including the Dean’s Advisory Board at Boston University’s College of Fine Arts and the prestigious Eddie Adams Photography Workshop. Ira is also a former instructor at the School of Visual Arts in New York and a President Emeritus of the Board of Trustees at the Waldorf School of Princeton.

Experience

2016 Apr - Present
Principal/ Chief Creative Officer
Brand 2 Creative / Princeton, NJ

Brand 2 Creative offers an array of creative services with specific expertise in marketing, branding, webdevelopment, graphic design, social media marketing, event management and exhibition design.

2012 Oct - 2015 Mar
COO/ Chief Creative Officer
The Healthworks Group / Newtown, PA

The HealthWorks Group offers marketing, web development, graphic design, EHR support and IT support to the healthcare industry with particular expertise in behavioral health. As the COO/ Chief Operating Officer, I managed all aspects of the company’s day-to-day business with oversight in all creative and operational areas.

1981 Mar - 2010 Jan
VP/Creative Director
PARADE Magazine / New York, NY

As PARADE magazine’s Vice President/ Creative Director—I led all three key creative areas of the company’s business. I guided the creative direction of Parade’s editorial products, as well as its award-winning in-house advertising agency— which served the marketing, brand development, special event and online needs of Parade and its clients.

Education

Boston University
BFA / Graphic Design, Journalism, Photography